Additional Resources

This publication defines the term leakage in the context of threat assessment and provides research studies and case examples of its application.

This Safer Schools Together (SST) resource provides an overview of key digital threat assessment fundamentals, including the navigation of various social media platforms and the accessing and documentation of online information.

This SST document provides guidance and considerations for handling digital threat content and establishing/documenting baseline behavior.

Developed by the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center staff, this guide provides instructions to school officials, law enforcement personnel, and other public safety personnel on how to create a targeted violence prevention plan to reduce student violence toward themselves or the school community.

This research report, developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Threat Assessment Center, provides lessons learned and considerations for implementation for threat assessment professionals based on prior threat cases involving terrorism and targeted violence.

This Texas Education Agency (TEA) document provides sample notification text and email messages for school systems to use as templates when developing scripted language for parental notifications.

Written by the staff of the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center, this report offers key findings and practice implications for informing and improving school violence prevention efforts by threat assessment professionals.

This interactive document, developed by the collaborative efforts of Safer Schools Together and the Texas School Safety Center, provides an overview of popular social media platforms and games for parents to assist with teaching children responsible digital practices.

This document provides a template for law enforcement to use to assist in the process of acquiring a search warrant in response to discovering concerning online content during a threat assessment investigation.

This document, developed by the U.S. Department of Education's Privacy Technical Assistance Center, provides guidance to school officials to successfully navigate the balance between privacy of student educational records and protecting the safety of their school communities.

This Safer Schools Together document provides specific suggested practices to assist parents in establishing and maintaining healthy social media habits and practices with their children at home.

This guide provides an overview of the key elements in this social media platform and gives specific process information to law enforcement submitting emergency disclosure of account records.

This section of Instagram details guidelines for how law enforcement can gain access to Instagram records.